Imelda Marcos quotes - page 2

We practically own everything in the Philippines. (Imelda Marcos)
Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes. View quote
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My husband does not like me to give interviews because I say too much. No talk, no trouble. View quote
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My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become. View quote
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The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave. View quote
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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. View quote
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God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven. View quote
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. View quote
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It so coincided that Marcos had money. After the Bretton Woods agreement he started buying gold from Fort Knox. Three thousand tons, then 4,000 tons. I have documents for these: 7,000 tons. Marcos was so smart. He had it all. It's funny; America didn't understand him. View quote
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I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical. View quote
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I seem to be able to only see the positive things in life and the beautiful things in life and when I see, for instance, garbage or ugliness, then I turn my back or I seem to be able to skip it. (Imelda Marcos)
I've always maintained that the only things to uphold are the good, the true and the beautiful. We have to reject what's ugly. View quote
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We never had such a violation of human rights. In fact, we have had no human rights case here in the Philippines, even to this day. View quote
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Ferdinand had foresight and unbelievable luck. His success actually bordered on fiction. View quote
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Thank God I never lost that childlike innocence and the purity of vision and naivete. ...That childlike innocence was most useful, because if I was a bit wiser, I wouldn't have been able to do anything, perhaps. So I'm glad I was not smart. View quote
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They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system. View quote
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Diligence, hard work, foresight, entrepreneurship and God's blessing. View quote
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Who is Imelda?' I come from a third world country, third class province. And I was orphaned-and look, Imelda made it. If Imelda made it everyone can make it. At this age and stage I feel so good I'm still ready to fly. View quote
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The best compliment I ever got in my life came from Chairman Mao of China. When I went there, at a time when nobody wanted to touch China with a 10-foot pole, Mao told me that I'm beautiful because I'm a natural, and he said natural is perfection. So, no character assassination can diminish me and my perfection. View quote
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I am beyond logic and rationality. View quote
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I really had no great love for shoes. I was a working First Lady; I was always in canvas shoes. I did nurture the shoes industry of the Philippines, and so every time there was a shoe fair, I would receive a pair of shoes as a token of gratitude. (Imelda Marcos)
The Marcos era was the golden time for the Philippines. We had the lowest crime rate in the world in Manila and real development then. At last, people are starting to understand this. View quote
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It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world. View quote
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I would have to ask the public to choose between a culture of hate or a culture of love. View quote
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They either love, love, love you, or hate, hate, hate you. View quote
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